1600 years of History

Take a seat I have about three exciting events to update you on since my last post so it may be a while. No worries you can take an intermission at anytime you please as long as you promise to come back and finish reading.

Wednesday the 15^th Field trip to Lincoln:

It was a class field trip day to the town of Lincoln. We loaded on three coach buses’ all 130 some of us students, teachers, staff and all and drove about an hour or so to the town of Lincoln. We’ve been studying in British history many events that have shaped the UK. I wasn’t sure what to expect when going on this field trip, I mean hey I haven’t been on a field trip since the fifth grade let alone in Europe. Lincoln was amazing.  Things I learned in class directly reflected what I saw in class. How many Americans can say that they have studied the hundred year war and then stood in the exact place where it started? In lecture and seminar we’ve been studying castles and civilization and in Lincoln we stood and walked around the outer wall of the city that has stood there for over 1600 years. It’s history like this that before coming here I would have a care in the world about and would see it as any other brick wall, but after studying here it becomes all so fascinating to me. In Britain’s history for a town or city to be considered such, it would require but a cathedral and a castle. Lincoln has of course both and we received a tour of both. The Cathedral was like no church I have ever seen before. The Largest and most beautiful colored stain glass windows, pew after pew, and a large alter followed by a choir section. There was a mediation section set up in the church as well were you could light a candle and say a prayer. Laura recently that week had lost her uncle to the battle of cancer. The funeral was to be later that week so in memory of him she was able to light a candle in the church. Although I didn’t ( I played photographer for her for this special moment) I had my grandma in mind, as many of you may know she too lost the battle of cancer and I know she’s been watching over me this whole journey.

     The castle was also extraordinary. It had a large wall at the top where we walked along and could see for miles and miles of town and land. Our guide even told us we could see all the way to Grantham from there. We then were lead into a building where we could see one of the three still preserved Magna Carta. This document again is one that until arriving here has never heard of or would care much about. A Quick blub on the Magna Carta for those who may not know, the Magna Carta was the first document forced onto King John by a group of his subjects (the barons) in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges.

     In the day we were also given free time to explore the town on our own. We stopped and had tea to go, which I learned it’s standard in Europe to have milk in your tea (which turned our pretty good!) and explored the shopping Lincoln had to offer, but that’s a given. And of course with all this beauty and history around me, my camera is head when I get there! Here are just a few that I stole from Laura's Camera.